Hail, Todd
- When
- May 29, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.350, -94.830
Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 29, 1989
17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morrison
- When
- May 29, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Morrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -94.580
Tornado, Crow Wing
- When
- May 29, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 46.180, -93.980
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- May 29, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.180, -94.200
Hail, Stearns
- When
- May 29, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.730, -94.970
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 29, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.900, -95.430
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- May 29, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.130, -93.870
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 29, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -94.230
Hail, Kanabec
- When
- May 29, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kanabec County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.120, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Stearns
- When
- May 29, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Stearns County
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -94.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- May 29, 12:29 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -93.820
Hail, Crow Wing
- When
- May 29, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crow Wing County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.180, -93.970
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- May 29, 1:12 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -93.700
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- May 29, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- May 29, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -93.080
Hail, Hennepin
- When
- May 29, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hennepin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -93.400
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 29, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -92.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Ramsey
- When
- May 29, 1:42 PM CST
- Where
- Ramsey County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -93.150
Hail, Dakota
- When
- May 29, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -92.850
Hail, Wright
- When
- May 29, 2:09 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -93.900
Hail, Anoka
- When
- May 29, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Anoka County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -93.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Winona
- When
- May 29, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -91.650
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 29, 10:08 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -92.030
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10051258, 10051259, 10051260, 10051261, 10051262, 10051263, 10051264, 10051265, 10051266, 10051267, 10051268, 10051269, 10051270, 10051271, 10051272, 10051273, 10051274, 10051275, 10051276, 10051277, 10051278, 10051279, 10051280.